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PINNED Respect $HOME/.config/go/env
After adding eval $(/path/to/goz-env) in .profile, each time I log in to OMVS, I get 3 or 4 lines about $COMPILER_PATH. Can you add config to turn this off, please? Second, even if I have $HOME/.config/go/env (per XDG spec), go env says that `go` ...

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Map fields as function and program parameters

I would be nice if it was possible to parse map fields as in/out parameters to functions and programs.That would enable the programmer to write common functions and programs, setting the attributes of the map fields.
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

Local record definitions

It would be nice if it was possible to define records locally within a program and even within a function. Then the programmer wouldn't have to think about making the record names unique when defining a record which is not meant to be used outside...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 4 Not under consideration

JTA support including transactionTimeOut

EGL currently does not support JTA (Java Transaction API). We are using DB2 on iSeries which supports the setLockTimeOut API for iSeries XADataSource objects associated with JTA. See http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r4/index.jsp?...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

Optimzing EGL pagination for large tables

EGL data table (UI) component supports in-memory pagination which requires all records to be fetched in an EGL array beforehand, and then paginates over that array. If a table has millions of records, all of them can not be fetched in one array an...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Cancel On Page Transition User Exit

Our JSF application architecture defines two types of pages: a) Main pages b) Pop-upsThe architecture requires that main-page bean state be saved in session across invocation of a pop-up, but not when transitioning to another main page. This canno...
about 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 7 Not under consideration

Need easy way to enter some data in hex on expression of breakpoints

When entering data in the EXPRESSION field on the optional parameters panel for a BREAKPOINT I don't have an easy way of entering just one byte of a 20 byte value that is a non displayable hex value. Say I want the expression to be: CARD="ALL CHAR...
about 16 years ago in IBM Developer for z/OS / Usability 6 Not under consideration

Lotus Domino Integration with EGL

This is for IBM i customers. We have recently had requests from several customers to provide some form of integration between EGL generated applications and Lotus Domino database applications. It may be acceptable to treat the application as a dat...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 5 Not under consideration

errorClass attribute needed for server-side validation

It would be really nice to be able to specify an errorClass attribute that would be triggered if a field failed a standard JSF validation such as a range clause. It could be a subtag that would check the same field that the h:message tag checks fo...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / User Interface (IDE) 5 Not under consideration

DataItem: Add Cobol 88 like symbolic name for the validValues

Hi In order to get an equivalent syntax/semantic of the Cobol level 88 value, it wold be interesting to add a symbolic name to the valdValues of a DataItem. In Cobol, one can haveWORKING STORAGE.01 SEX PIC X(1) VALUE 'M'.88 MALE VALUE 'M'.88 FEMAL...
over 16 years ago in IBM Rational Business Developer / EGL Language 3 Not under consideration

Unit Testing: Filter option for displaying fields in the Test Case Editor

In the Test Case Editor, all fields defined in the program and/or in the Copybook are displayed. Both the referenced and the unused fields are presented, which leads to the fact that with a compatible extension of Copybooks (and thus to a multipli...
4 months ago in Test Accelerator for Z 1 Future consideration